Tiny like horns growing on 4 to 6 week old silkies.

[Teresaann24]

I was playing withmy babies this evening and Noticed on the comb of some of them that they looked to have tiny little horns I tried to take pictures of this but my camera sucks and close ups. What I am wondering does this mean they are roo's?

Oh forgot to say on their combs..LOL

 

[ems_chick]

im not quite sure... i have always heard they are EVIL though...

 

[Teresaann24]

LOL..HAHA I just know I was checking out their combs and noticed 3 of them with little tiny horn like things on their combs.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

I've heard that sometimes they will have combs like that if they have some polish blood in them. Sometimes polish are bred with silkies so that the silkie topknot will be larger.

 

[saddina]

Under the combs page (in progress ) is this handy pic:

http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd327/lbritten/ChickenCombsRossSimpson.jpg

Sounds like a V comb to me?

 

[Teresaann24]

but its not exactly like that its like they have a normal silkie comb and at the top of the normal silkie comb are like 2 tiny bumps that kinda look like a horn.

I am 100% sure about the line there is no polish mixed with any of my birds.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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No, it is towards the right, the 2nd row up from the bottom and labeled duplex rose silkie comb; although I've never seen one with the middle horn shorter than the others. THere are sometimes only two, but often three. I've always heard it called trifid.

Apparently once-upon-a-long-time-ago they were required by the standard. However now they are frowned upon and breeders work at eliminating them from their birds.

And hens have them as often as roos--they just tend to be less noticiable since hens' combs are smaller.

 

[Teresaann24]

Ah, ok i see now so just because some have this does not mean they are roosters?

 

[Majestic Lane Poultry]

That is correct! Now looked at as a DQ.

 

[saddina]

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No, it is towards the right, the 2nd row up from the bottom and labeled duplex rose silkie comb; although I've never seen one with the middle horn shorter than the others. THere are sometimes only two, but often three. I've always heard it called trifid.

Apparently once-upon-a-long-time-ago they were required by the standard. However now they are frowned upon and breeders work at eliminating them from their birds.

And hens have them as often as roos--they just tend to be less noticiable since hens' combs are smaller.

No worries, I knew where the drawing was, had no idea which she was describing, just wanted to make sure she didn't think muitant satanic silkies (although they are rumored to be taking over the world, I think they have the zombies on thier alliance).